cupcake cones take two!

last autumn i saw the cutest recipe for cupcakes baked in ice cream cones

and had to try it

unfortunately, it turned out to be cupcake fail

they didn't rise very much

and the ones that did overflowed everywhere

and in reality

they looked like the ones i didnt want them to look like

where people iced them anyway and acted like they looked great

so i left it and the stacks of unused ice cream cones, on the shelf

but  the other night i say yet another recipe on the betty crocker website

that just looked delicious

i read through the recipe, thought it made no sense

stick the cones in the batter upside down? what?

so i read it out loud to dear hubs

he said it made sense

so i proceded with the experiment

which follows here:

now, i wont claim they are the greatest cupcakes in the world

and i definitely need to add an icing spatula to my baking collection

but they certainly turned out better than the last batch!

not to mention my mad skills at cupcake transporting =)